wildeone wrote:
yeah the play calling is frustrating but this bunch of athletes reminds me of the teams of Rod Wilkerson and Brett Engeman. No athletes, no game breakers.. just a bunch of guys from the BYU 146th ward elders quorum playing turkeyday ball up on 9th east. These guys are below average for sure.
Jacobsen was supposed to be god
Chambers was supposed to be good
Hoffman was supposed to be good
muehlmann was supposed to be good
And the list goes on and on
THEY HAVE THE TALENT
THE COACHING IS TERRIBLE
Jacobsen, and I have long been a Jacobsen fan, is a disapointment this year. He is great when BYU has lots of weapons, but he has not been able to carry the team on his back while the tight ends come along. Chambers was hoped to be great by many, but unlike Jacobsen who showed signs of greatness as a freshman, O'Neil hasn't proven it on the field yet. Hoffman looked good early - but he is a freshman iirc, and seems to have caught the dropsies. The tight ends are all freshmen. Our inability to hurt teams up the middle with TEs is the biggest problem we have right now. There is not an NFL talent receiver on this team. Their might be an NFL talent tight end - but too inexperienced. There might be an NFL level talent QB - but too inexperienced. There is not an NFL level talent RB or FB unless it is one of the too inexperienced freshmen. We have one NFL level talent O/L and maybe that is all. Talent without experience is a lot like not having any talent.
Back to my point. Which current BYU players seeing playing time do you think will ever play in the NFL and for those few, how many years are they away from being ready to do that? Heaps in 3 or 4 years maybe, Reynolds in a year or two, WHO ELSE BOYS?. Then count how many players from last year went straight to the NFL, nearly made the NFL, or were otherwise great (Scotty Johnson for instance). Hall, Pitta, Unga, George, Manase, Johnson, etc.....plus Reynolds who will eventually go and maybe a lineman I have forgotten about.
That is what is wrong with this team on offense for sure and, to a lesser extent, on defense too.